Jezebel Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039478
MRDS ID M050140
Record type Site
Current site name Jezebel Mine
Related records 10234315

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.67626, 31.92651 (WGS84)
Elevation 1052
Relative position ABOUT 1/4 MILE NORTH OF SAN JUAN SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Juan Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon Wash(hydrologic unit)

Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 17S 007E 19 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED; LOCATION PROJECTED BY U.S.B.M. ON SKETCH MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Abundant Clay With Slickensides.

Analytical data

Result 8 SAMPLES FROM ORE ZONE ASSAYED 0.67 PERCENT WO3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.67626, 31.92651

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Dragged Down Ore.

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Dip 10 TO 15 SE.
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone Striking S 80 E And Dipping 55 S.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer Earl Francis
Year of first production 1954
Production years 1954-1956

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION REPORTED AS A $25000 VALUE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.042HA
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 7.62M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES,: U.S.B.M. R.I. 5650.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES OF PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ABM BULL 189.

  • Deposit

    1956 RECON USBM RI5650.

  • Deposit

    DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, R.I. 5650.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    DALE ETAL, 1960 USBM R.I. 5650.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF SCHEELITE WAS IN THE BOTTOM 12 TO 18 INCHES OF MINERALIZED ZONE, WHERE ALTERATION HAS BEEN GREATEST AND THE SILICEOUS MATERIAL IS VUGGY AND GRANULAR.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000807 BY JAMES E. ELLIOT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1975 Elliot, James E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.